Lawsuit alleges police gave Occupy protesters drugs

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Publicerad den 3 april 2014

A federal judge has decided to allow a lawsuit against Minnesota police officers, who allegedly got Occupy protesters high on drugs, to proceed to the trial stage.

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Allegations emerged two years ago that Minnesota police officers were taking Occupy protesters away from protests and giving them drugs in order to study the effects, later dropping the protesters off where they were picked-up.

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Believing their rights were violated, several protesters filed lawsuits that don't seem nearly as paranoid anymore. RT's Ameera David spoke with an attorney representing the plaintiffs in the case, Alan Milstein.

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